Architectural Patterns Contracts

Architectural Patterns
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Architectural Patterns skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Architectural Patterns over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 318 357
Rank change year-on-year -33 +39 -60
Contract jobs citing Architectural Patterns 182 294 415
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.68% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.79% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 183 280
10th Percentile £450 £449 £425
25th Percentile £480 £518 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £620
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% -0.80%
75th Percentile £700 £772 £723
90th Percentile £785 £810 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +0.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £68.70
25th Percentile £84.83 - -
Median hourly rate £91.69 £81.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.20% +8.00% +57.89%
75th Percentile £98.56 - -
90th Percentile - - £84.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £91.69 £81.00 £90.00
% change year-on-year +13.20% -10.00% +89.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architectural Patterns falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,424 37,268 53,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.88% 86.35% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,035 24,016 36,805
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,079 2,439 1,749
10th Percentile £14.38 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
Median % change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%
75th Percentile £61.87 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%

Architectural Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Architectural Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architectural Patterns.

Daily rate trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Patterns over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architectural Patterns.

Hourly rate trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Patterns within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -46 133 £624 -3.96% 352
UK excluding London +20 77 £600 -7.69% 218
London -27 68 £656 -0.57% 195
Work from Home -5 58 £550 -12.70% 221
North of England -4 20 £525 -2.78% 77
South East +35 15 £688 +7.84% 49
Scotland +19 13 £674 -3.71% 32
West Midlands +20 12 £700 - 8
Midlands +15 12 £700 - 14
North West -8 12 £600 +14.56% 52
South West +19 11 £550 -6.38% 24
Yorkshire +10 6 £490 -27.41% 20
Wales - 4 £375 - 4
Northern Ireland - 4 £475 - 6
North East -4 2 £527 -10.27% 6
East of England +30 1 - - 20

Architectural Patterns
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.75%) Anypoint
1 5 (2.75%) Mule
2 3 (1.65%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.55%) CMS
3 1 (0.55%) JBoss
3 1 (0.55%) OpenROAD
3 1 (0.55%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.20%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.10%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.10%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (45.60%) AWS
2 68 (37.36%) Azure
3 30 (16.48%) GCP
4 29 (15.93%) Serverless
5 20 (10.99%) GitHub
6 14 (7.69%) Amazon ELB
7 11 (6.04%) Amazon ECS
7 11 (6.04%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (4.95%) Amazon SQS
8 9 (4.95%) AWS CloudFormation
8 9 (4.95%) SaaS
9 8 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (4.40%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (4.40%) PaaS
10 7 (3.85%) IaaS
11 6 (3.30%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.75%) CloudBees
12 5 (2.75%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.85%) LAN
1 7 (3.85%) WAN
2 5 (2.75%) Firewall
2 5 (2.75%) HTTP
3 3 (1.65%) IPsec
3 3 (1.65%) Kerberos
3 3 (1.65%) SSL
4 2 (1.10%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.55%) DNS
5 1 (0.55%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.55%) Network Security
5 1 (0.55%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.69%) Relational Database
2 13 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (6.59%) MongoDB
3 12 (6.59%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.40%) MySQL
5 7 (3.85%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.75%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.20%) Metadata
7 4 (2.20%) Metadata Repository
8 3 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.65%) Redis
9 2 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.10%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (9.34%) Git
2 14 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.30%) Maven
4 5 (2.75%) git-flow
4 5 (2.75%) Mockito
5 4 (2.20%) GitLab
5 4 (2.20%) Gradle
5 4 (2.20%) JUnit
6 3 (1.65%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.65%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.65%) IntelliJ
6 3 (1.65%) Plastic SCM
6 3 (1.65%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.65%) TestNG
7 2 (1.10%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.10%) JIRA
7 2 (1.10%) Storybook
8 1 (0.55%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
General
1 63 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.48%) Finance
3 26 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 18 (9.89%) Banking
5 13 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.40%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.30%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.75%) Military
9 5 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.75%) Retail
10 4 (2.20%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.65%) Games
11 3 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.65%) Legal
12 2 (1.10%) Front Office
12 2 (1.10%) Marketing
12 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.55%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 116 (63.74%) Architect
2 37 (20.33%) Developer
3 34 (18.68%) Solutions Architect
4 29 (15.93%) Technical Architect
5 25 (13.74%) Senior
6 17 (9.34%) AWS Architect
7 14 (7.69%) Senior Architect
8 13 (7.14%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (5.49%) Security Architect
10 7 (3.85%) Lead
11 6 (3.30%) Azure Architect
11 6 (3.30%) Node.js Developer
11 6 (3.30%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.30%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.75%) .NET Architect
12 5 (2.75%) Full-Stack Developer
12 5 (2.75%) MuleSoft Developer
12 5 (2.75%) Salesforce Architect
13 4 (2.20%) Android Developer
13 4 (2.20%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (14.29%) RESTful
2 14 (7.69%) JSON
3 12 (6.59%) OpenAPI
3 12 (6.59%) Swagger
4 10 (5.49%) .NET
4 10 (5.49%) Kafka
4 10 (5.49%) Node.js
5 9 (4.95%) HTML
5 9 (4.95%) RAML
5 9 (4.95%) React
5 9 (4.95%) SOAP
5 9 (4.95%) Web Services
5 9 (4.95%) XML
6 8 (4.40%) AWS CDK
6 8 (4.40%) CSS
6 8 (4.40%) Middleware
6 8 (4.40%) OAuth
7 7 (3.85%) Jest
7 7 (3.85%) REST
7 7 (3.85%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.44%) Onboarding
2 17 (9.34%) Cloud Native
3 14 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 9 (4.95%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.30%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.20%) Genomics
7 4 (2.20%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (2.20%) LIMS
7 4 (2.20%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.65%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.10%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.10%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.10%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.59%) Windows
2 10 (5.49%) Android
3 9 (4.95%) Linux
4 3 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.10%) Unix
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (32.97%) Agile
2 54 (29.67%) DevOps
3 46 (25.27%) CI/CD
4 45 (24.73%) Design Patterns
5 44 (24.18%) Microservices
6 40 (21.98%) Architectural Design
7 34 (18.68%) Enterprise Architecture
8 33 (18.13%) Roadmaps
9 31 (17.03%) Event-Driven
10 30 (16.48%) Migration
11 26 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (12.09%) Technical Leadership
13 18 (9.89%) High Availability
13 18 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (9.34%) Continuous Integration
14 17 (9.34%) Data Architecture
14 17 (9.34%) Data Migration
14 17 (9.34%) Software Engineering
15 16 (8.79%) Decision-Making
15 16 (8.79%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.58%) Java
2 24 (13.19%) Python
3 18 (9.89%) JavaScript
4 17 (9.34%) Kotlin
5 14 (7.69%) SQL
6 12 (6.59%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.95%) C#
8 6 (3.30%) T-SQL
9 5 (2.75%) DataWeave
9 5 (2.75%) Ruby
9 5 (2.75%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.65%) ABAP
10 3 (1.65%) C++
10 3 (1.65%) Swift
11 2 (1.10%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.10%) Groovy
11 2 (1.10%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.10%) Rust
12 1 (0.55%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.55%) Scala
Qualifications
1 40 (21.98%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.68%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.89%) Degree
4 14 (7.69%) AWS Certification
5 12 (6.59%) Azure Certification
6 10 (5.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (4.95%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.75%) CISSP
8 5 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.65%) CAPM
9 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.65%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.10%) CCSP
10 2 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.10%) CITP
10 2 (1.10%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.49%) QA
2 6 (3.30%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.10%) GDPR
4 2 (1.10%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.10%) NIST
5 1 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.55%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.55%) NCSC
5 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (12.64%) Docker
2 5 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.65%) RACF
4 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (9.34%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.95%) Terraform
3 6 (3.30%) Ansible
4 5 (2.75%) Grafana
4 5 (2.75%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.65%) Packer
6 2 (1.10%) CASB
7 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.55%) SCOM
7 1 (0.55%) vRealize
7 1 (0.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.44%) Google
3 14 (7.69%) MuleSoft
4 13 (7.14%) Salesforce
5 9 (4.95%) Databricks
6 8 (4.40%) Oracle
7 4 (2.20%) DocuSign
7 4 (2.20%) LabVantage
7 4 (2.20%) SAP
7 4 (2.20%) Virgin Media
8 2 (1.10%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.10%) BT
8 2 (1.10%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.10%) IBM
8 2 (1.10%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.10%) Temenos
8 2 (1.10%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.55%) F5
9 1 (0.55%) IBM Sterling
9 1 (0.55%) VMware